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Pattaya: Sex Tourism on an Industrial Scale { 39 images } Created 25 Oct 2012

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  • Young female touts sent out on "Walking Street" to attract male customers into a go-go bar.  Walking Street, which is lined with go-go bars and clubs, becomes a pedestrian street filled with a throng of tourists; male, female and even children every night.  Pattaya, Thailand.
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  • Sex worker on the seafront promenade in Pattaya where hundreds of female sex workers and "ladyboys" offer services primarily to foreign male clientele.  Pattaya, Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_002.jpg
  • "Hat" will turn 24 years old in a month.  She has a 2 year old daughter to support after the father of her child left them.  She has come to Pattaya to work for a month as a sex worker before returning to southern Thailand, where she lives with her daughter.
    Delano_Pattaya_003.jpg
  • Open-air bar on the main beachfront avenue where hundreds of young female sex workers gather at all times of the day.   Although not all foreign men come to Pattaya for the sex industry, there are vast numbers of foreign middle-aged men who are attracted to Pattaya bars like this one to meet young Thai sex workers, and hence feed the sex industry.  Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_004.jpg
  • Western man sharing drink and conversation with sex workers who line the seafront promenade in Pattaya by the hundreds every day.  Even as Thailand's prosperity has grown, the size of the sex industry seems to have remained constant, begging deeper examination into the premise that entry into prostitution is largely poverty-driven.  Pattaya, Thailand.
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  • Local vendor plies the beach with his wares.  Pattaya's long beach, calm, warm seas and proximity to Bangkok is a strong draw to tourists from around the world.  Tourism drives the local economy.  Thailand.
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  • "Biou", a 28 year old single mother who comes several weeks at a time to Pattaya to earn money as a street sex worker to raise her son.  She stands, along with hundreds of other young women and transgender "ladyboys" line the seafront promenade every night in Pattaya.
    Delano_Pattaya_007.jpg
  • "Hat" will turn 24 years old in a month.  She has a 2 year old daughter to support after the father of her child left them.  She has come to Pattaya to work for a month as a sex worker before returning to southern Thailand, where she lives with her daughter.
    Delano_Pattaya_008.jpg
  • Young tough on the beach where he rents out jetskis.  Pattaya, Thailand.
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  • A bargirl sleeps on cardboard set out on a sidewalk in hostess bar district of Pattaya.  Thailand.
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  • Two western seniors make their way slowly past go-go bars when Walking Street becomes a ghost town.  Although not all western men come to Pattaya for the sex industry, there are disproportionate numbers of aged western men who come to this beach resort, infamous globally for the proliferation of sex tourism.  Pattaya, Thailand.
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  • Buddha stationed outside hotel elevator.  Pattaya, Thailand.
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  • The beach at Pattaya near midnight.  Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_013.jpg
  • "Hat" who will turn 24 years old in a month.  She has a 2 year old daughter to support after the father of her child left them.  She has come to Pattaya to work for a month as a sex worker before returning to southern Thailand, where she lives with her daughter.
    Delano_Pattaya_014.jpg
  • "Biou", a 28 year old single mother who comes several weeks at a time to Pattaya to earn money as a street sex worker to raise her son.  She stands, along with hundreds of other young women and transgender "ladyboys" line the seafront promenade every night in Pattaya.
    Delano_Pattaya_015.jpg
  • "Hat's" possession on a bureau in the cheap hotel she brings clients.   "Hat", who will be 24 years old in a month, has a 2 year old daughter to support after the father of her child left them.  She has come to Pattaya to work for a month as a sex worker before returning to southern Thailand, where she lives with her daughter.
    Delano_Pattaya_016.jpg
  • Two western men wait at the top of a temple stairs for their much younger female Thai companions to join them.  Pattaya is unmistakenly a city where much older western men with much younger Thai women is a very common sight.  Pattaya, Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_017.jpg
  • A wary glance from a physically disabled woman who works as a vendor on the seafront promenade where hundreds of sex workers offer services at all hours of the day to passersby.  Pattaya, Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_018.jpg
  • Sex workers applying make-up late in the afternoon to prepare for the evening prime time to meet clients along the beachfront promenade.  Pattaya, Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_019.jpg
  • Cheap hotel in the go-go bar district of Pattaya.  Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_020.jpg
  • Middle-aged western men playing chess on the seafront promenade where hundreds of young female sex workers gather at all times of the day.   Although not all foreign men come to Pattaya for the sex industry, there are vast numbers of foreign middle-aged men who are attracted to Pattaya feeding this industry.  Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_021.jpg
  • Young woman, possibly a dancer, stationed at the entrance to a go-go bar to attract male customers on "Walking Street" which is lined with go-go bars and clubs.   It becomes a pedestrian street at night packed with an international throng of Thai and foreign tourists, men and women and even some children.  Pattaya, Thailand.
    Delano_Pattaya_022.jpg
  • Young Thai sex workers line the beachfront promenade trying to lure in male passersby, where hundreds or more sex workers congregate every evening.  Pattaya, Thailand.  Although there are more sex workers in the early evening, there is never a time of day or night when the promenade is free from someone offering sex for hire.
    Delano_Pattaya_023.jpg
  • Tattoed foreign visitor on Walking Street in Pattaya.  Thailand.
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  • "Hat" will turn 24 years old in a month.  She has a 2 year old daughter to support after the father of her child left them.  She has come to Pattaya to work for a month as a sex worker before returning to southern Thailand, where she lives with her daughter.
    Delano_Pattaya_025.jpg
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